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By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The New Hampshire Legislature advanced several key bills last week, including Republican overhauls on education funding, rollbacks on bail reform and more. Here’s what you need to know.

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

Happy birthday, Sunshine Week.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Although she’s the only girl in Concord High School’s wrestling program, Madison Beauregard is setting benchmarks for the younger female wrestlers who will follow her.

By RICHARD BIRCHER

Richard Bircher lives in Lebanon.

By MICHAEL PELCHAT

Michael Pelchat is a retired pharmacist and current history student. He lives in Webster.

By JESSE GILLIS

Jesse Gillis is a resident of Pembroke and a member of Veterans For Peace. 

By JAMES THIBAULT

James Thibault represents Merrimack County District 25, which includes Franklin and Northfield, in the New Hampshire House. He is the youngest state legislator in the United States.

By MARK FERNALD

Mark Fernald is a former state senator, and a former Democratic candidate for governor. He can be reached at mark@markfernald.com.

In Epsom, one resident panics. In Hopkinton, another has sympathy for seniors. In Pembroke, people cringe. In Weare, there’s disappointment for the lack of state funding. And in Henniker there’s appreciation that the school and select boards tried to balance budgets as best they could.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The vast majority of issues taken up by the Concord City Council are first reviewed by one or more of several dozen committees, which make recommendations about city decisions.

By DAVID BROOKS

We’re heading into the final weeks of skiing season but limping into them might be a better term for much of New Hampshire, where resorts will try to stay open through the end of the month.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Starting next month, Hopkinton residents will no longer have to worry about bagging their waste in green trash bags as part of the pay-by-bag program when disposing of their trash at the transfer station.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Her case worker said Tennessee would be a new beginning. Brie Lamarche thought so, too.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The House of Representatives shot down a bill that would expand end-of-life care options on Thursday with a split that was as close as it gets – but its fate isn’t sealed yet.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Rebuking last year’s veto by former governor Chris Sununu, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would permit the separation of people based on biological sex in bathrooms and other areas.

By ETHAN DEWITT

New Hampshire Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut is ending his eight-year tenure this spring because Gov. Kelly Ayotte “is going to go in a different direction,” he said in an interview Tuesday.

By DAN ATTORRI

The New Hampshire Legends of Hockey organization released its All-State selections over the weekend with several area players earning postseason recognition.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

To stave off teacher layoffs, Merrimack Valley School Board members indicated Wednesday that they may support charging families for school sports, forgoing certain building maintenance and halting a program that provides each elementary student a computer.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

After 10 years as the director of operations at Beaver Meadow Golf Course, Phil Davis announced in an email to members that he would be resigning this month and taking a new job with a different organization.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Police officers in New Hampshire used deadly force nine times last year, with all but one resulting in loss of life. Police shot two more men this year, leaving one dead.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

First responders searched for the body of a man believed to have drowned in the Merrimack River in the area of the Merrimack Street Bridge Thursday.